Mercy killing should never be allowed in India.
When the Couple's financial Background is not all that sound they shouldn't have given birth to Children in the first place.
On spite of them knowing that their 1st & 2nd child was phsically challenged why they had give birth for more & more children?
Govt should do something for these children sake.

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Well , i am not sure about mercy killing but giving birth to children our country must start promoting adoption, adoption is very rare in our country.

And mercy killing must be allowed only on a thorough examination on the probability of a comfort life.

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Almost 50% of the Indian population are not leading a comfort life so if Mercy killing is encouraged then majority of them would start pleading for silly reasons like love failure, small health problems, aged citizens etc.

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Dear Sir,

I am really surprised that you did not read the news properly for which this topic began. FYI: This couple have sold their propery to cure their children. Not one or two children, all the 4 boys have affected with same disease. If you are married you would know the happiness for fatherhood or motherhood. People don't get married just for the sake of pleasure of sex. It's really unfortunate the the children are affected with such disease. May be if they had known this before they wouldn't have,theywould have planned accordigly. And it's obvious any father or mother will and cannot stand their children struggling each and every day.
Regards,
Prathap, Bengalore

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Prathap,

I do agree the sensitivity of topic and the emotions related to motherhood/fatherhood... but my point is why do they need to have a 4 kids ????
Wat's the point in having 4 kids and then cribbing about the depleted financial resources when they fall sick / meet with tragedy all of a sudden.
I do agree that my argument is deviating from the main article context "Mercy Killing" but i just want to a make my point...
Why 4 ?? why can't people just think of their future finances and restrict their offspring... This same guy could have saved his son if he has only one using all his resources...
My dear buddy .... My whole point is .. if we can't give the best to our kids we better not to have them ....
I stick to my policy .. One or none.. Its not the quantity , its the quality that matters..
Vamsi.

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For Heaven's sake, please take back your comments. Read the full story before you comment. All kids were born normally and they started getting disabled at the age of 5, one after the other. It must have been a very scaring day by day and imagine how difficult it would be for them.
Pollution explosion and control is altogether a different thing that need to be discussed not in this forum. Here we are discussing about the sufferings of human beings.

It is so difficult to handle not one but 4 children whose everyday is a miracle, every move is painful, every thought is only about expecting death. If any of us can help, we should raise funds, provide physical support, emotional help but when not many can do so for years ahead, it will be difficult for the poor parents to handle them. Only the people who suffer can know the pain of suffering. Atleast be considerate when you debate on this please, have mercy in your words if not in our collective decisions as a governance.

No one has right to take life from its natural course, but at the same time, if President is against it, then she has to provide the required monetary and medical help for the family. Will government take up this responsibility and you and me will be part of it? Think again!

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Dear madam ..
i do feel sorry for the parents who have to face the dire condition of their kids.. .. it true that i have deviated from the main topic of mercy killing... but i wanted to make a point here.. In this case, it's parents who have given birth to the kids they r ought to provide them the best possible treatment.. and they r unable to do so... reason financially exhausted.. then why 4 kids ??? not 1 / 2 .. 4 kids ?!! ??
I just wanna show my point here... People...if we Cant give the best to our kids, why to have them at the first place ?? just becoz having kids make us feel better,fatherly/motherly {or any other emotional thing }shd we give birth to them ?...
Think about my point.. i m not against humanity / nor any sort of that.. i m just saying if u can afford one .. just have one ..but let him/her live king size life..simple !!!

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Hi Dear Mr.Raghu,

I am afarid that you got me wrong - I never stated that these kids must be mercy killed. My reply was to your qustion "When the couple is poor why the hell did they give birth to "kids"
1) That's why i said one must be a father to know the happiness of fatherhood and same with mother (That's only happiness poeople get).
2) Is there any law that says only rich people should have children.
3) I don't think this couple was poor, they had property to sell.
4) Can any poor parent predict that their child would be a hapndicap when it reach 5 years.
5)I think you have to take back your words "When the couple is poor why the hell did they give birth to "kids" - This world is for the Rich, this government is for th rich, the law of the land is for the rich, Shopping complex, multiplex, flites, hospitals are for the rich, in today's world basic necessities like vegetables, fruits, oil is so costly, so even those things belongs to rich . And you want the children to be born only for the rich. Hats off to you.

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Very well said tanya.arora.

I myself is a muscular dystrophy patient and am diagnosed at my age of 10. I started using a wheelchair from my age of 15. Initially I was totally not comfortable with the regular wheelchair as there were lot of emotions. So I specially designed a simple chair with small wheels.

I too are living in the hope that someday some treatment will become available to cure this. From the age of 15 I've gone through lot of physical and emotional struggles.

For the past 10 years I have been working as a web developer from home. With my little arm movement, I am able to use keyboard and mouse. Obviously that is the only active thing I can do without somebody's support.

Last 2 years I've been doing yogic practices(Isha yoga) which I can do and it completely changed my quality of life.

If I had seen this news couple of years ago, I would have broken into pieces. Suffering is not in what happens, its just in how we receives or perceive it.

Who asked that UP parents to give birth to 5 children? They must take responsibility and do whatever they can till their last breath. Also (this society) let us come forward and support this people. People are showing their humanity only when natural disaster comes and creates mass effect. But they are not caring about affected people like HIV , other diseases...

tanya, please ask your brother to stop hoping about something that may happen in the future. Make him fully live in this moment and enjoy life as it is.

Anything can happen to anybody anytime. Only Quality of life matters.

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Karthik,

you are great!! Hats off to you!!

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I totally agree with Tanya and Karthik. Even from a Biblical point of view, no body has the right to take life except God. When we adopt Euthanasia, we are telling the patients that they are a burden on us and that they are not wanted. With God, all things are possible. God can heal someone miraculously or some treatment can be made available. There is only one God and we are not Him!

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You are giving a lot of hopes,inspiration and positive attitude to others ..you are a real strong person ....hats off.

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Hatts off to you Karthick Sir. i feel ashamed of myself, God has given me good hands , legs, am a normal guy but i find difficulty in every opportuity. But you have made opportunity inpsite of being in difficulty. You are a Blessed child.
I think you should be a role model to all those people who find their life as curse.
This reminds of me of the National Award winning song "Ov Oru Pookalume" from the Tamil Movie Autograph. I wish you watch this song and listen to the lyrics especially.
May God Bless You and may all your colourful dreams turn out to be reality.
Prathap- Bangalore

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I am shamed of myself. God Bless you Karthick.

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Let me compliment you for the courage you have to write your own first-hand experience.This will certainly help others to a great extent.
I agree that people(rich and non-rich) should come together with a helping hand to the families suffering alongwith the patient.
People write to the President for the mercy killing but to my knowledge there no such provision so far.

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Dear Kathik

Salute you- AND SALUTE TO YOUR SPIRIT


It is that we need somebody like you to show- HOW LIFE COULD BE LED IN ADVERSITY WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY

Thanks
Regards
Shyamal Bhattacharjee
Bangalore

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